311, Lot: 239. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Perrhaiboi. Circa 440-400 BC. AR Obol (12mm, 0.92 g, 4h). Bridled horse prancing left / Π–E–P–A (A upside down), Athena Itonia right, holding spear in right hand, shield on left arm; all within shallow incuse square. BCD Thessaly II 550 var. (arrangement of ethnic); BCD Thessaly I 1242 var. (as last); BMC 4-5 var. (same arrangement of ethnic, but P retrograde and A not upside down); SNG Copenhagen 195 var. (as last); SNG München 144 var. (as above cited BCD specimens); Traité IV 575, pl. CCXCII, 23 = Boston MFA 916 var. (as last). VF, toned. Good metal.

From the BCD Collection.